The price a culture pays

This is a discussion on The price a culture pays within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I just read this story and I have to admit I reacted pretty badly. What do you'll think? http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamies...ml?source=mypi
Greg...

For every story like that, there is atleast one like the kid in Chapel Hill who couldn't get a gun legally so he used something else! Where there is a will there IS a way - removing one means doesn't negate all others.

"He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the Steppes. He had learned a good deal . . . and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. The cause of this apparently was that at the bottom of his heart he knew all the time (or thought he knew) that he was in reality not a man, but a wolf of the Steppes."

Maybe the cultural part is the need to have an OJ-esque trial. We live in a reality TV world. Killing a perp in self defense, or a suicide, deprives them of the excitement and ratings (and thus money) of a long trial.

Thats one constant with this type of story. The individual is never held responsible for their decisions, it's always the inanimate objects fault. What logic.
Greg

This is in line with the new "Stop The Snitching" campaign. Essentially, it is acceptable to do whatever is necessary to gratify yourself. Blame is placed on those that would restrict the desires. There is a very important lesson in this, if you ponder it awhile.......

That appears to be the west coast mentality these days, though it seems to be mainly in the urban areas.

BTW, speaking of cars, Remember the kid with a grudge against the government who drove into a crowd of other students in Chapel Hill, NC a few weeks ago? I wonder how many newspapers and reporters were calling for a ban on cars or not allowing driving by students on campus after that happened!

Maybe you guys should ship this author up here to Canada. He would fit in nicely with our gun-hating media. I got a good laugh from his description of the "sneaky lethalness of [the killer's] 12-gauge". He makes it sound as if there is a malignant spirit of stealthy mayhem trapped inside the shottie. I better go check my gun safe to make sure none of my firearms is trying anything "sneaky" or "lethal" while my back is turned.

A similar multiple killing in Montreal by some nutbar with a Ruger Mini-14 caused us Canadian gunowners no end of grief. The media and the government all blamed the "evil" guns and this led to the registration of all guns in Canada and a host of other anti-gun rules designed to make life a living hell for legal firearms owners. Of course, the criminals weren't effected at all since they don't follow the laws anyway. So, the Canadian government wasted billions of tax dollars on gun registration, they made things miserable for law-abiding gun owners and guess what happened? Yup, violent crime went up.